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La civiltà dei superluoghi

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Texts by Giandomenico Amendola, Patrizia Mello, Mosè Ricci, Richard Ingersoll...


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La civiltà dei superluoghi focuses on outlets, tertiary centres of interchange, airports, railway stations, fashion districts and shopping malls, those new, successful and very highly frequented places that are transforming...

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  • ISBN: 9788862080088
  • Language: Italian
  • Pages: 180
  • Illustrations: 200
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Release: Fall 2007
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La civiltà dei superluoghi focuses on outlets, tertiary centres of interchange, airports, railway stations, fashion districts and shopping malls, those new, successful and very highly frequented places that are transforming the metropolitan territory. In an increasingly technological and consumerist society, transformation of the territory is often dominated by “superplaces”, multifunctional, non-relational spaces, insensitive to context, with an extraordinary broad base of users whose identity has nothing to do with belonging “to the place”. These contemporary environments subvert the principle of “proximity” and the relation between space and time, principles and relations that guided town planning over the last century: they are places of power, created outside of a dialogue with the 20th century metropolis. Bringing together the threads of this relationship means accepting the extraordinary character that lies in the prefix “super”, means understanding – and not rejecting – “superplaces” within the design of future cities. The essays in this book put forward hypotheses of response to the planning and management problems arising from “superplaces”, seeking to understand whether these new multifunctional spaces are the urban laboratories of the twenty-first century. The phenomenology of “superplaces” is reconstructed through fact sheets, data and interviews, subdivided into three distinct multidisciplinary sections: “Glances”, “Representations” and “Geographies”. The texts are accompanied by abundant iconographic material, with photographs by Francesco Jodice, Alessandra Chemollo, Fulvio Orsenigo, Andrea Botto, Moreno Maggi, Mariella Boccadoro and Salvatore Gozzo.

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  • Description

    La civiltà dei superluoghi focuses on outlets, tertiary centres of interchange, airports, railway stations, fashion districts and shopping malls, those new, successful and very highly frequented places that are transforming the metropolitan territory. In an increasingly technological and consumerist society, transformation of the territory is often dominated by “superplaces”, multifunctional, non-relational spaces, insensitive to context, with an extraordinary broad base of users whose identity has nothing to do with belonging “to the place”. These contemporary environments subvert the principle of “proximity” and the relation between space and time, principles and relations that guided town planning over the last century: they are places of power, created outside of a dialogue with the 20th century metropolis. Bringing together the threads of this relationship means accepting the extraordinary character that lies in the prefix “super”, means understanding – and not rejecting – “superplaces” within the design of future cities. The essays in this book put forward hypotheses of response to the planning and management problems arising from “superplaces”, seeking to understand whether these new multifunctional spaces are the urban laboratories of the twenty-first century. The phenomenology of “superplaces” is reconstructed through fact sheets, data and interviews, subdivided into three distinct multidisciplinary sections: “Glances”, “Representations” and “Geographies”. The texts are accompanied by abundant iconographic material, with photographs by Francesco Jodice, Alessandra Chemollo, Fulvio Orsenigo, Andrea Botto, Moreno Maggi, Mariella Boccadoro and Salvatore Gozzo.


  • Shipping

    Shipments are made worldwide by express courier.

    Delivery is expected within 7 working days after registration of payment.

    Shipping costs vary depending on the weight of the shipment and the country of destination, and are calculated automatically when the order is placed.


  • Return and refund

    Pursuant to Article 5 of Legislative Decree No. 185 of 22 May 1999, if the customer is a consumer (i.e. a natural person who purchases goods for purposes not related to his or her professional activity, or who makes a purchase by omitting a VAT number from the order form), he or she has the right to withdraw from the purchase contract for any reason whatsoever, without the need to provide explanations and without any penalty, within 14 working days from the day of receipt of the goods.

    The right of withdrawal shall be exercised by sending, within the aforementioned term, a written notice to the geographical address of the supplier's registered office by means of a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The communication may also be sent, again within the same deadline, by means of a PEC or facsimile.
    The consumer shall enclose with the communication all the references of the order (order date, order number, precise references identifying the party concerned, company or private individual.
    The goods you wish to return must be undamaged and in their original packaging.

    The consumer must also supplement the communication with his or her complete bank details in order to obtain reimbursement of the sums paid (current account number, ABI and CAB, CIN code; for foreign countries, the BIC and IBAN codes), which will be carried out as quickly as possible and in any case within fourteen days of the date on which the supplier became aware of the consumer's exercise of the right of withdrawal. As the only charge for exercising the right of withdrawal, the consumer shall bear the direct cost of returning the goods. In the case of payment by credit card, the sums shall be returned net of bank commission charges (2.5%).

    In the event of a dispute, reference will be made to the competent court.